12wagnerk - 7-1 Notes

1787
The U.S. Constitution
is signed.
Slavery issue
is not addressed.

1820
The Missouri
Compromise
divides the nation on slavery.

1857
The Dread-Scott
Decision shows the
government supported
slavery.

1865
End of Civil War
&
13th Amendment
ends slavery.

1868
14th
Amendment
gives citizenship to all
(Equal Protection)

1869

1870
15th Amendment
gives
suffrage to African American
men.

1920
19th Amendment
gives women
suffrage.

1954

1964
24th Amendment
eliminates poll taxes.

1971
26th Amendment lowers the voting age to 18.

7-1 Questions	Answers
1. Why were the Framers reluctant to abolish slavery in the Constitution?	They were afraid the southern states wouldn't join the Union.
2. How did the Fourtheenth Amendment ensure citizenship for African Americans?	The power to decide citizenship was taken away from individual states, and made for all African Americans in the nation.
3. How did the Twenty-Fourth Amendment differ from the Fourtheent and Fifteenth Amendments?	The 14th & 15th amendments gave equal rights and suffrage to African Americans, but it wasn't untilo the 24th amendment that they actually achieved this equality.
4. Why did people's traditional values about women begin to change in the 1900s?	Women had started protesting and they were working in factories because men were fighting in WW1. This proved they could be more than housewives and mothers.
5. How did Congress and the Supreme Court view lowering the voting age from 21 to 18?	They agreed and changed the voting age.
6. What spurred the growth in public sentiment for a lowered voting age?	The Vietnam War and the draft.
7. How many amendments are there?	27
8. What do the number of amendments suggest about our government?	Our government is flexible because it has changed with time as people and culture have changed.